tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post8384671545149800061..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Bob Dylan: The Freewheelin'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-70218090019686539892013-08-25T02:35:57.571+04:002013-08-25T02:35:57.571+04:00A long and somewhat important review but credit to...A long and somewhat important review but credit to Bobs guitar playing here, when he was interested in such things, and the overall passion put into the whole LP. To this day, you could still argue this album is his best.Adrian Denninghttp://www.adriandenning.co.uk/dylan.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-87403772091166153182013-08-16T19:26:09.662+04:002013-08-16T19:26:09.662+04:00Basically, Dylan covers are best when they reconte...Basically, Dylan covers are best when they recontextualize the song in a surprising way, thus revealing an as-yet unseen potential within it. (But then, that's how I feel about covers in general).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131417689423399988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-47330899576344155112013-08-16T19:22:49.026+04:002013-08-16T19:22:49.026+04:00For the most part, I tend to prefer the originals ...For the most part, I tend to prefer the originals to the covers. Bob's voice is...well, let's just say a unique instrument, and he writes the songs with his voice in mind. Unless the songs make a point of radically reinterpreting the song, too much of the essential character is lost. Many of the lauded covers of Dylan's songs - I'm thinking mainly of The Byrds and Peter, Paul, and Mary - end up sounding like generic 60s folk rock that dates in a way that Dylan's music has not.<br /><br />The only Dylan cover I've heard that I'd say is unquestionably better than the original (a few others are equal, or more often, nearly so) is Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower." And it's certainly not because Jimi sings any prettier than Bob does.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131417689423399988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-74243599406726956802013-08-16T13:24:33.631+04:002013-08-16T13:24:33.631+04:00Kinda:
http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/wp-content...Kinda:<br />http://www.hoodedutilitarian.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/freewheelin.jpgManfrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-6232241740479775572013-08-16T13:08:19.700+04:002013-08-16T13:08:19.700+04:00Is his fly actually open on the cover? I can't...Is his fly actually open on the cover? I can't make it out.praznumenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06059368542045530720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-91652402600489068802013-08-16T09:34:11.397+04:002013-08-16T09:34:11.397+04:00I'll add that if you believe that it is misogy...I'll add that if you believe that it is misogyny to describe any individual woman in an unflattering matter. Well isn't that just saying that only men have character flaws as women is perfect. That certainly is sexistTrunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385477644783391350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-48088338490609906902013-08-16T09:01:08.789+04:002013-08-16T09:01:08.789+04:00In terms if cover vs original I generally prefer D...In terms if cover vs original I generally prefer Dylan vocal but I prefer the covers arrangement. I would love to hear Dylan singing over Hendrix version of watchtowerTrunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385477644783391350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-5616329631007602292013-08-16T08:54:21.895+04:002013-08-16T08:54:21.895+04:00I agree with that. I'm not even convince that ...I agree with that. I'm not even convince that the Rolling Stones are misogynistic either. A song where you criticised an individual person or attacking their character who just so happen to be female isn't misogyny as it doesn't extrapolate that should apply to the entire gender as a whole. So Dylan thinks this individual wasted his time, so how does this mean that this denigrate the entire gender when it clearly just applies to the individual. Trunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11385477644783391350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-44334296101959134142013-08-16T07:32:58.913+04:002013-08-16T07:32:58.913+04:00George, outstanding review. (These re-written revi...George, outstanding review. (These re-written reviews on the blog have it all over the old ones.) I think you made all the important points that need to be made and you encapsulated the record well. One minor gripe, though -- I don't think you're fair in calling the singer's persona "misogynistic", just because of one or two songs where the singer is upset or angry with a former partner. "Misogynistic" implies, to me, either a firm philosophical position or concrete actions taken which denigrate the female sex. It hardly follows that a (nearly still adolescent) singer's song of bitter resignation makes him misogynistic -- otherwise, we'd have to call the singer a "feminist" because he wrote one or two love songs (which Dylan did).Reganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605135360184971372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-57121179280706345772013-08-16T00:40:28.698+04:002013-08-16T00:40:28.698+04:00A rapper? Perish the thought. The rapid fire "...A rapper? Perish the thought. The rapid fire "talking blues" songs of Bob's were done in a style learned from Woody Guthrie who was probably influenced by Chris Bouchillon who did the first recorded examples of it in 1926 although in the end it's Dylan's own idiosyncratic interpretation of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-52589808234940191332013-08-15T18:16:07.448+04:002013-08-15T18:16:07.448+04:00The most accurate review about this album I have r...The most accurate review about this album I have read. You didn't miss a single point about what makes it so special. You even mention the cover, which I believe, it's the most beautiful cover ever. Great work! Gamalielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-50564086081106502272013-08-15T13:24:22.729+04:002013-08-15T13:24:22.729+04:00Manfred Mann's Mighty Quinn is a cover that ex...Manfred Mann's Mighty Quinn is a cover that exceeds the original.Ceresnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-11706663804055069862013-08-15T12:51:57.664+04:002013-08-15T12:51:57.664+04:00George, out of curiosity, have you seen the film &...George, out of curiosity, have you seen the film "I'm not there" and if so what did you think of it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-35451270464963936182013-08-15T03:20:09.791+04:002013-08-15T03:20:09.791+04:00I'd like to think I've taken the middle ro...I'd like to think I've taken the middle road as far as the "Dylan/Others" delineation. It's really about the song itself. "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)" is one that I've never heard a cover that exceeds the original. Only Bob can pull off that rapid-fire beat poetry. Maybe some rapper could do it, but it wouldn't be the same. Then again, The Byrds' "All I Really Want To Do" brings out the bright potential of the song.JimmADerbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13331334978761537408noreply@blogger.com